roguishness

noun

"roguishness" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“roguishness” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The property of being or appearing roguish.

Corpus desk

Index EN-roguishness · roguishness · English

roguishness · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for roguishness
PropertyValue
Headwordroguishness
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “roguishness” in English

roguishnesssits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

roguishness is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The property of being or appearing roguish.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for roguishness, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From roguish + -ness. The correct English form is roguishness, spelled R-O-G-U-I-S-H-N-E-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    The property of being or appearing roguish.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how roguishness appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. His dark black beard accentuated his roguishness.

Etymology

From roguish + -ness.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "roguishness"?
"roguishness" is spelled R-O-G-U-I-S-H-N-E-S-S.
What does "roguishness" mean?
As a noun, "roguishness" means: The property of being or appearing roguish.
What is the origin of the word "roguishness"?
From roguish + -ness. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list